𐰲𐰆𐰉

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 州 (MC tsyuw, “state, oblast, district”). Compare also Mongolian жүү (žüü), Manchu ᠵᡝᠣ (jeo), Japanese 州 (shū), Korean 주 (ju), Chinese borrowings.

Noun

𐰲𐰆𐰉 (čub)

1. district, state, area, region, zone
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E31

     𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰲𐰆𐰉:𐰽𐰆𐰍𐰑𐰴:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢𐰔

     altï:čub:soɣdaq:tapa:süledimiz

     We went on a campaign in the direction of six Sogdian states.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “čub”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
• Ölmez, Mehmet (1997). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.[1]
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çuv”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 394